Heel-plate for skates



(No Model.)

' J. B. JAMES, Jr.

HEEL PLATE POR- SKATES.

No. 324,115. Ptented Aug. 11, 1885.

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JOHN B. JAMES, JR., OF RIVERDALE, NEYV YORK.

HEEL-PLATE FOR SKATES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,115, dated August11, 1885.

Application filed October 28,1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. JAMES, J r., of Riverdale, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedHeel-Plate for Skates, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to a heel-plate to be secured to the heel ofaboot or shoe for holdin g skates that fasten at the heel with aflangedelliptical stud and the invention consists, principally, of a heel-platehaving an elliptical aperture made through it, around which is formed aflange or collar to support the flanges 0f the skate-stud, so that aperfectly tight fastening of the heel of the skate to the heel of theboot or shoe may always be effeeted.

The invention also consists in forming the opposite sides of the flangeor collar of the heel-plate with oppositely-inclined edges that act ascams to draw the heel of the skate firmly against the heel ofthe boot orshoe.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters ofreferenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is aside elevation of a skate held at the heel to a boot orshoe by my new heelplate. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the skate, showingthe form of the stud. Figs. 3 and 4c are enlarged perspective views ofmy new heelplate, showing, respectively, the cam-edged and plain flangeor collar, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the plate having the cam.

A represents the heel plate, which is designed to be fitted in asuitable recess madein the heel B of a boot or shoe, and there securedby the screws a or otherwise. Through the heel-plate A is made theelliptical aperture 1), to receive the flanged elliptical heel-stud c ofthe skate 0. Upon the inner surface of the heel-plate A, and around theelliptical opening 1), is formed the flange d, upon which the flanges cof the stud 0 rest when the skate is applied. 1

The flange (i may be a plain flange, as shown in Fig. 4, or the edges ofthe flange may be oppositely inclined to form the side cams, d (1, whichact, in connection with the flanges c of the stud 0, (when the skate isapplied and turned to position,) to draw the heel of the skate firmlyagainst the heel plate A and heel B.

With the flanged plate A, even if thelower surface of the heel B becomesworn away above a level with the heel-plate A, a perfectly tightfastening of the skate may still be effected, since the flange b acts tofasten the skate against the heel-plate,rather than against the lowersurface of the heel of the boot or shoe, which is not the case with theheel-plates of this character in common use.

The toe of the skate may be fastened to the foot by straps, the slidingjaws e e, or by any other means.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new and improved article of manufacture, the heel-plate A,formedwith an opening, b, and shallow flange d, surrounding the opening b, thesaid opening and flange being oblong or elliptical in form,substantially as shown and described.

2. The plate A, formed with oblong opening b, and flange or collar d,inclined to form the side cams, d d, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

JOHN B. JAMES, JR.

Witnesses:

\VM. H. J AMES, J. B. JAMES.

